TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 15, 2017 ” The first Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) GPS III satellite has established a connection with the launch-and-checkout system of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) ground control segment during a U.S. Air Force factory mission readiness test, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesd...
BAE Systems has received a seven-year contract worth approximately $267.5 million from the British defense ministry to help sustain availability of combat systems onboard U.K. navy ships. The company said Thursday it will maintain equipment availability, address obsolescence and update the combat systems of 38 ships under the Joint Support...
David Kushner, formerly senior director of federal civilian sales at ViON, has been appointed vice president of federal sales at the Herndon, Virginia-based government information technology contractor. In his recent capacity, Kushner worked with clients to help them implement analytic and cloud computing strategies meant to address operational effi...
A United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) subsidiary has received a potential eight-year, $6.7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain F119 aircraft engines for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt and Whitney will perform contract work through December 2025 under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” A joint survey by Deloitte and Government Business Council has found that cloud is key to the work of a majority of the 536 federal employees from over 29 defense and federal agencies included in the poll, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. The professional services firm said Tuesday more tha...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) philanthropic arm has placed an investment to support cybersecurity, science, technology, engineering and math programs at the U.S. Naval Academy, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Northrop Grumman Foundation’s gift serves to fund...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” Comprehensive Health Services Inc. has undergone an assessment of its compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act data security requirements as part of an annual audit by GuidePoint Security, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CHSi said Wednesday the 2017 HIPAA security...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) will supply mod 7 wafer instrumentation support kits for a test flight program on the U.S. Air Force‘s Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile under a $40.6 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 ” A subsidiary of Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received clearance to deploy its Mission Extension Vehicle-1 spacecraft to perform some in-orbit servicing operations on an Intelsat satellite, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. SpaceNews reported Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission approved the fir...
Chenega has agreed to acquire Columbia, Maryland-based strategic communications agency ADG Creative for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand the Alaska native corporation’s user-focused design and digital transformation offerings for government clients. Chenega said Wednesday it expects to complete the acquisition in January, pending approva...
